I should report that the 2083006 error was corrected on the FIRST run of the OTL fix (yesterday), but the ROOTKIT error report by Avast continues every time -- a few minutes after startup. There is one new anomaly which began after we started these procedures, and continues: At every shutdown, Windows Update attempts "1 of 1 Update." There is no error report, but the same attempt at update repeats exactly at next shutdown.

-You can delete home pages by hitting the X at the far right next to the URL line.

-In addition, delete any other entries that you don't think are legitimate or that you don't want. Feel free to adjust it however.

Under Search, hit Manage Search Engines... and make Google the default search engine, by hovering over it and selecting "Make Default". Then, MyStart Search and any other bad looking entries should be deleted in the upper panel and in the lower panel of the Search settings box.

For the top box, these are the default entries, and the URL that is associated with them. Make sure everything matches my screenshot below:

Once you've done that, post new OTL log, and also do the following:

Open Avast! program, hit the Scan tab and do a Full System Scan.

Once that's done and it finishes doing any other necessary duties, and the scan results appear, please take a screenshot of the results and post it in your next reply.

OK Chrome is adjusted just as your screen shot indicates--three search engines, Google as default (even as you probably know, I rarely use Chrome.) Now I am posting the OTL report text. Here is section ONE:

BTW. The link to RogueKiller download seemed to work fine on my desktop, but on this (UltraBook) it bought up all sorts of optional downloads--too many to try to record, and NEVER did get the rouguekiller.exe. Fortunately, I found the download site directly. Just a interesting fact about the different responses to the link in your last post.

When the file has been saved, go to your Desktop and double-click on ccsetupxxx_slim.exe
Follow the prompts to install the program.

Double-click the CCleaner shortcut on the desktop to start the program.

A prompt will ask you if you want CCleaner to do a check to see what cookies it needs to keep. Allow that operation.

On the Cleaner tab, click on Run Cleaner on the bottom-right to run the program.

Important: Make sure that ALL browser windows are closed before selecting Run Cleaner, or it will ask if you want the program to close them for you (when you do this, all unsaved data may be lost in the browser).

Caution: Only use the Registry feature if you are very familiar with the registry.Alwaysback up your registry before making any changes. Exit CCleaner after it has completed it's process.

Hello, my patient friend, we have both spent a fair amount of time and website space on this. It is no problem for me, I have enjoyed it, and it should be obvious I am not dependent upon the computer in question, as I use it primarily for traveling and I have no such plans for a while. So ... I have nothing but appreciation for all your efforts. It is simply out of honest that I report to you that the original message which occasioned my entry upon this website, has just appeared as it has, without one exception, upon every startup of this computer. Just to remind you here is that message: (The text of my personal message to you will follow in a separate post.)

Now, for the good news: the computer seems to be operating just fine. I have never detected any malfunction based on that message, but it is still there, as it has been throughout our extended conversation.

In fact, there is still that additional anomaly that appeared during our efforts: every time I shut down, I get the normal Windows message that 1 of 1 updates is being installed and that I should not turn off or unplug my computer. On attempt at manual install, the one update fails.

You have nothing but my good will and appreciation. None of this is intended as complaint, but I do not wish to set up restore point, etc. yet.